-cycle income profiles slope more strongly at the beginning and at the end of work life, such that age becomes a more prominent …

question by comparing the scientific merit of male and female academic economists who make the same career step. Across four …

We study the importance of economists' professional situation toward their life satisfaction based on a unique survey … of mostly academic economists. On average, economists report to be highly happy with life. Satisfaction is positively … pressure in recent years is positively related to economists' life satisfaction. An explanation is that economists have …

We document economists' opinions about what is worth knowing and ask (i) which research objectives economic research … economic researchers who publish in English. We report three main findings. First, economists’ opinions are vastly … economics as a field does not appreciate and work on what economists collectively prefer. …

-individual fixed effects models, we document substantial expected labor market returns from signaling, whereas perceived productivity …